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THE WASTE OF Win.
Give me the gold that war had cost,
Before this peace -expanding day,.
The wasted skill, the labor lost—
The mental treasure thrown away.
And .I will buy each rood of soil
In every yet discovered land;
'Where hunters roam, where peasants toil,
Where many peopled cities stand.
I'll clothe each shivering wretch on earth
In needful, ay, in brave attire;
Vesture befitting banquet mirth,
Which Kings might envy and admire.
In every vale, on every plain,
A school shall glad the gazer's sight,
Where every poor man's child may gai n
Pure knowledge, free as air and light.
I'll build asylums for the poor,
By age or Ailment made tortoni;
And none strati thrust them from the .lot.r
Or sting with looks or words of scorn.
I'll link each alien hemisphere;
Help honest men to conquer V: 1 .1 111!: :
Art, Science, Labor, nerve and ch,er.
Reward the poet for Ills song.
In every free and peopled clinic.
A vast Walhalla hall shall stand;
A marble edifice sublime,
For the illustrious of the land ;
A Pantheon for the truly great,
The wise, benificent and Just;
&place of wide and lot ty state
To honor and to bold their dust.
'This was written several years age.
A LYRICAL GEM.
[The following lullaby is sutlicamily tead,r
and musical to make every ~ v4,laaa all() 1,-,1.18
It wish for a baby
Come to my arms, you bewilderjrt:4.,-Ii!
Let me gather you, hotly and Mini, 111..-1•;
Bury your seintillant eyt,;tild
And all the glory and grace you W., r,
From twinkling feet to goldmi
Clasping you close to toy bosom nand h ran .
A thing of my holiest being a imrt
Crooning a song in olden rhytm,
2 Tender and sweet :is
Sleep, baby boy;
The little bird, re-I.
Downy and son,
In the mother bird', oe•I :
lambkins are eat-
In the simpherd's warm
The dew drop's p
In the buttercup', aehl.
The violet nods
To the daisy's ilrenin •
The lily lies finslii.sl
on the lap of the•
holy and -
Like motherly eye-
The stars look
From the silent skies.
Sleep, halty
.N 12 ,, Monitor, my ,
My lily, my lambkin,
My dew drop, my dower
While heart atpirts! hear:
Beats softly in lime
'To the mtiounring,th.
Of toy tender oh! rhyme
~'ltPt'2l?'il
THE SECOND MIRKI.I6C
BY \S".\ 'l'lll. IN
NEE TEM l' .1.
A busy day in the assizto , at Clic --
ter, checkered, as uaud, Inv alli•rtwt,
victory and defeat, had just t.•l
and I was wallting ly ftu•ti t, hi n
an attorney of rutlier 1, \V in hi
profession--help, n
as an intermediary -nN,e,•l;
0118 and the eotin-el- wile, in un
Crown court
ed a brief, at
a fee of two guineas marked tipcn
I . um e ng ". t ,d
Barnes." I exclaimed :1 huh. to-lily
"on the civil side; vou
I very seldom take briefs in the (
court, even if proffered iu due i ; and
to-morrow will he the last dny ,rf th,
size in Chester. There tire f 1
henry 1 , 1 . 1111-
employed counsel wlio kill he
your brief."
"It is a brief in no zulion of tj,,t
meat," replied the attorney—" Wood ley
versus Thorndyke, and is, brought to r.•-
cover possession of a freehoi,l e,tale
held and farmed by the defendant."
"An action of ejectment to recover
possession of a freehold estate; defended,
too, I know, by a powerful bar; for I
was offered a brief, and declined it,
Mr. P— leadS ; and you bring me t
for the plaintiff, and at the la:4 moment,
too! You must be-crazed."
" I told the plaintiff and her grand
father," rejoined Mr. Barnes," "that it
was too late to bespeak counsel's at ten
tipn to the case; and that the fee, all
they have, with much difficulty, been
able to raise, was ridiculously sin ull
but they insisted on my applying to y(111.
Oh, here they are."
We had by this time reached the
street, and the.attorney pointed towards
two figures standing in attitudes of :nix
inus suspense near the gateway. it was
dusk, but there was quite sufficient light
to distinguish the pale and interesting
features of a young female, dressed itt
fa,ded and scanty mourning, and accom
panied by 4 respectable looking old nail
With white hair, and a counttaunw,
deeply furrowed by age and grief.
" I told you, Miss \Vood: ey," Said the
attorney, " that this gentleman would
decline the brief, especially' with
fee."
" It is not the fee, man, - i oh,erved,
for I was somewhat moved I.y the ap
pealingdejection exhibited by the whit e-
WOO man and his timid grand-daugh
ter; "but what chance can I have of
establishing this person's right—if right
'she have—to the estate she elaiins,
suddenly called upon to act wit bout
previous consultation ; and utterly le
norant, except as far as this I perceive
hastily scrawled brief, will instruct me,
both Of the nature of the plaintiff's
and of the defence inictlt.d to I, -, , t
against it?"
"If you would untlertak, it, t,irt
e id Ole young women, with a tretit-
Iqus, hesitatingvoieeandgiistmtim ttyt•.
for his sake "—and she glanttet I tit Mt.
aged companion—" who will eke l a
helpless."
"The blessings of
those will, Or, .1%•:1 , 1y
tO perish will lie yours, ztir t - rttitid the
grandfather, with meek soli•ninitti "
you will lend your aid in this work
justice and merry. Wt have no hope
of 'withstanding the uni-terfol •
411d7r0Pg of wicked Powt'rlii I , " a.
except by the aid of the law. w hi , v ,.
have been tanaht tiiii i cl - 4 .r
strong tower of defenot: to
walk in the path's of pear: att,! i it, ht."
the eathestoess of the old inan's
gUage and manner, and the Fiend! u:_! .
gentleness of the young m ontan, forei l, l,••
impressed me; and ail a ...mil.-
What unprofessionar mod, or bosh,
I determined to hear their .story fLool
their own lips, rather than take it trove
the scrawled brief, or through ihe ,-er
'WELlntedinm of their aytornQ
You have been truly taught," t an
swered, ." and if really entitled to the
property yoy claim, I know of no Iwo._
terful men that in this land of England
ezos hinder you from obtaining pos,e,-
slut of it. Come to my hotel in about
an hour and a half from hence ; I shall
then have leisure to hearwhat you have
to say. This fee," I added, taking the
two guineas,from the hand of the attor
ney, who still held the money ready for
my acceptance, " you must permit me
in return. It is 0.9 much for you to pay
tor losing your cause ; and if I gain it—
but mind, I do not promise to take it
into court, unless I am thoroughly sat
isfied you have the right ou your side—
/ shall expect a much heavier one. Mr.
- *trues, I will see you, if you please,
early in the morning." I then bowed,
and hastened on.
DinnerWasliot ready when I arrived
at the - hotel, and during the short time
Thadla a:raj - I more than half repented
imming to do with this
witiltunge the -- l ad
rail. COFER.,
ings ty4eharity, the suggestions of hu
man kindness, reasserted their influ
ence; and by the time my new clients
arrived, which they did very punctual
' ly at the hour indicated, I had quite re
gained the equanimity I lied momen
tarily lost, and to mine host*6 exeetlent
viands and 'generous wine, was, no - a
lawyer, in tt. very amiable nd h.vu votent
humour indeed,
Our conference :anxious and
unsatisfactory. I Was 4,l,ii!Zed to
for Baru(., hefort: it cva,
order io thorott , hly ascertain the pro-
ci,e nature of the ease
addueed in -upp , eL Of it. :Ct., ruy .f
eun
,uiaiiun (“' quarter.
Mill the narrative had lb-fened tu.
1,..111;11;2 as it tiid the itnpre,.- truth
and I , "e Pj yiu cccrc scntuijue Sh rout , -
to believe that foul Hay
had been nrac,7:eed by thi , 1,1111.1 .
and I deterlained at oh it:tZtiVtl , to Lro
into court, though I•ttt 11,,;;
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'Award Wilfoita, the unit' Hutt .n
neighbovingand prosperous farmer, who
had been tali Tithed to Mary AVoodley
several month, before her father's death,
was brutally insulted cud forbidden the
house. All, however, failed to shake
the mother's resolution ; and at lem,rtla,
finding all his efforts fruitless, Thorn
dyke appeared to yield the point, and
upon this subject, at least, ceased to
harrass his unfortunate victim.
Frequent private conferences were
now hell between Thurndyke, his two '
daughters, and Elizabeth Wareing ---5
woman approaching middle age, whom,
under the spacious pretense that Mrs.
Thorndyke's increasing ailments ren- .
dered the services of an experienced ,
nuttrorrindispenriaNe, _he- had, lately-,in
pit in iS
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stalled at the term. It was quite evi
dent to both the mother and daughter
that a much greater degree of intimacy
subsisted I )et Weell IflaSter and house
keeper titan their relative vediinn,
warranted; and from some : , :pressions
he, lie;sly lt•oppe,l by the woman. they
suspeeted them to have }wen mice on
terms of eontidential intimacy. "fitorn
dyke. I should have mentioned, i% as not
a native of Lliese parts; he had ;111SWil'-
ed :ND% Woodley's advertisement as a
toil his testimonials appearing
sati-d'autory, had been somewhat
preeipitately eplated. A young man,
ealliuz Liniself Edward, the son of
Wareing, and said to be en
gaged in an attorney's olliec in Liver
pool, WOS also 0 Hot 1111freti tient Vkifilr
at Dale Earn' ; and UM,' he II:el the
insolent presumption to address a note
to Mary Wot,lley, forinally tendering
his hand atot This, however i
did 1.1.1 suit Thorinlyke's views,
and :dr. Edward Wareing was very ef
feetually reliuked and silenced by his
proposed fallier-in-law.
Thorinlylie', health rapidly" ile
e]ineti. \vonian V\ areing. touelled
pe- , - , Hly by or rernorse, ex
-11J;i1,:.1 tendernes, and
emnpte,,,inn 101V0.1,1, ; wade
lu•rnonri. , ltiuedritilt,,andadministeretl
theinedieine I'i' the villaY'e
Hue'. - anti
P"uh.h:ei been
ith her inch huinl
Abmit
three \\ pre inn= Tle,ll
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11 , 1*
Intveen the ; altil an
;old
e.n)pze,sion, real -timulated, ,at upon
7in , riei.yl;e's reatnre , every time he :ip
pr,,ached the dyina It. tiuwi.
The ,and , lire ebbed -Wilily 1\ ith
Infolded in the gen
tly. lint , •1,11 , 1*;1, - •• kith Whi , •ll
,he
alvay anti, nme,t per
;ill. violent
rcteh
n••..:nul itan-eO, ,• , peeiall\ - after ial:ing
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this
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uent, private inter
v'ietc telth her mollier, until a fete
minute, la , : . l)re her .11til then,
ninl(-r one pretence nr another, Eliza
iwth \Vareing, one “1 .
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'Nollld, Iwt, at 110 di,-
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leo:tied iri, nil tin the side," I
at this tiltalitied ad
-1111,,Itin11c; let Glen] do so. If
esiaidisilL to-day tile va
id a 1, ill whieli strips an only
/dill , ' itl tile hill, !shame lied by
her father, !ell idiom em
phe tleally, have obtained but a tempor
ary triumph for a person who—if 1, if
you. gentlemen of the jury, are to be
lieve the case intended to be set up as a
b a r to the plaintiff's claim—has suc
ceeded, by the grossest brutality, the
mo, t atrocious devices, it) bending' the
mind of the deceased Mrs. Thorndyke
to ttis selfish purposes. My learned friend
need not interrupt ; I shall pursue
these observations for the present no
further; merely adding that I, that his
lordship, that you, gentlemen of the
jury, will require of him the strictest
proof—proof clear as light;—that the in
strument upon which ho relies to defeat
the equitable, the righteous' claim of the
young and amiable-person at my - side; is
LANCASTER, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1861
genuine, and not, as I verily believe"—
I looked, as I spoke, full in the face of
Thorndykc—"forged." -
My lord," exclaimed the opposing
counsel, this is really insufferable."
Ilk lordship, however, did not inter
pose: zabl f went on to relate, in the
most telling manner ut•whieh I was ea
pahle, the history of the deceased Mrs.
Thorndyke's first and second marriages;
the harmony and happiness of the first;
the wretchedness awl 'cruelty which
characterized the second. I narrated also
the dying words of Mrs. 'l'hnrndvkc• to
to her daughter, though repeatedly in
terrupted by the defendant's counsel,
who manifested great indignation that
statement uusu , ecutil,le of legal proof
should be addressed to the court and
jury. My address concluded ; I put in
James Woodley's will; and, as the op
posing counsel did not dispute its va
lidity, nor require proof of Mary Wood
ley's identity, I intimated that the plain
tiff's case was closed.
The speech for the defendant was calm
and guarded. It threw, or attempted to
throw, discredit on the death-bed " fic
tion," got up, Mr. P— --- said, simply
with a view to effect ; and he concluded
Icy averring that he should be able to es
tablish the genuineness of the will of
Ellen "chorndyke, now produced, by ir
resistible evidence. This done, however
Ut!il the jury might wish the property
ibol been otherwise disposed of, they
o,lorse return a verdict in ac
cordanec c ii h 11141' oaths and the law of
the land.
The first witness called wt•as Thomas
lleadly, a smith, residing near Dale
Farm. awore positively that the late
Mrs. Thornily]: c, whom he knew
had cheerfully signed the will now pro
dueial, after it hail been deliberately read
over to her by her hu,hand about a fort
night before l u •t death. Silas Thorn
dyke, John Cummins, Elizabeth Ware
ing, and Witness were the only persons
present. Mrs. Thornilyke expressed con
fidence that her husband would provide
for \t:u•y Wiodley.
"And so] will," said Silas, rising up,
ind looking round upon the auditory.
" I t she will return Iwill be a lather to
No look, no sound I 3t6ympathy or ap
proval greeted this declaration'; and he
sat down again a little disconcerted.
I asked this burly, half drunken Nvit
ne,s but one question —" When is your
marriage I,vith hebeeca Thorndyke, the
defendant's eldest daughter, to he cele
brated?"
"1 don't know, Mr. Lawyer, pe'rhaps
can
now ri,e to .ta Le 11111.
lllla hie to I,l'olhlee h
\N . :M...111g alit' another atteating Wit ne,,
the kill ill Is/Uri. Au ,uspicion that
snit , pro,ition to the mdemn te,tament
made 11% the deceased T 1101114 1 . ,, he
ti,add he attempted had heun enter
tained: and the %\aanall, Una \ ViL re that
her tt.•,tittion . ,\ \\antic' he rctinired, had
left that part of the country. Every ef
fort had Leen made hy the delem hint to
iii , eoVer her idiotic IVitilolli 01 . 011- I WilS
hclio\ ed She had gl;Ile to Attlerit•a, ‘shore
~.he had relatict•,a. The defendant had
,ettipg forth t he..e racts;
and it \va, nuts prilyeli that Se1•01111Illy
establish the
Wareing',-; attt•sting
tire -Math! he admit ted.
I of course vehemently opposed this
itml broadly hinted anti the
witness hod been purposely kepi out of
\ V ill my learned friend, - said Mr
I
, with one of his slyest - sneers,
"inform whin motive the defendant
a wit
ne-s iwee-i-,try to Line. , .
Elizaheth \Vareing, - I curtly re
" ma% 1101, upon tenet:Eton, Le
acylood ❑ -life Nvilito--; to ,uhject t,t the
ordeal of a cross-examination. Itui to
ilie matter, iny lord" I exclaimed,
I 11:LVI2 14 . the
attorney, in which tie ,Lutes that he
Ine, no (10111)1 of being 11611. to tind this
nal.riont wit time he allowed
hint ii n' the nurpo,e: the ih•fenflant of
underlaking , :111 her 11-hen o
iluectl.-
I l'ollik`ll , loll, Vialllof of colili-r1
Upon (.1.141.1e ti. and ileisco and grk•W
Wftr of Word,. 111/ 1,1 )1/1/ ;la,
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11)rd, ILcro
:11', .11 ly \'t . ll 'Heti ,on the jury ; and
Icy the ai~i 4.f venpraldo if cluni,y
(•Niu•dient ()i \\:oodlt-v
Thl)rndyk, fIff•(11 ZII 14)
futiat. dny.
had not lone 11 . tlirll.'d 10 I
W 1 " :" 1 ":"' ti l )Un I r. Wilford,
~1 10, 1 ', I tit* fil Uhl' in . the young tsar tshu
had 1.0,•11 ft)l'hi4l , loll TO ViSil lhale Farm
by Tliormlyke. lii. son, lie informed
1 . 1'1)111 chagrin and anxiety—
emilined to his bed, indeed; and ,Nlary-
Nvoodley hail refused, it seemed, to ae-
Cl`pl II1JCLIlli:11'/ lIIC fattier
or lilt ,on. Would I endeavor to Ler-
Ininat, the ~tr,ingei. n ent 0,00 ftli.
1i111.• tilthappily cAi..ttAl, and per
suad, iier totweept tits, Wilford,senitir's,
freely rs
put• and , f•l'ViCe I 111- -
, 411111 ;tl-1,1,1,1l 111i:1,4011 :11111 the
lar ,, e sum wide!' the excellent man ten
dered. A part of the money I gave
to stimulate his exertions, and
the rest I placed in the hand of Mar
\Votitiley's gyandpapa, with a 'friendly
admonition to hint not to allow his
grandchild in make a runlni herself, all
exlu,t•tutiun etti,tl
SE=
summer passed a%vity, autumn had
come anti gone, and the 'Winter assizes
o le cute more upon us. Regular pro
ee,dings had been taken, and the action
in ejectment of Woodley ra. Thorndyke
was once more on the cause list of the
Chester circuit court, marked this time
as a special jury case. Indefatigable as
Mr. Barnes had been iii his search fur
Elizabeth 'Wareing, not the slightest
trace of her could lie discover, and I
went into court, therefore, with but
ligtlt expectation of invalidating the,
as I fully believed, detitious will. We
had, however, obtained a deal of infor-
Illatioll relative to the history not only
of the absent Mrs. Wareing, but of
Thorndyke himself, and it was quite
within the range of probabilities that
something might come out enabling me
to use that knowledge to good purpose.
The plaintiff and old Mr. Ward were
seated in court beside Mr. Barnes, as on
the former abortive trial ; but Mary
Woodley had, fortunately for herself,
lost lunch of the interest which attaches
to a female comeliness and grace when
associated in the mind of the spectator
with undeserved calamity anal narrow.
The black dress Ny s hjgh she still wore—
the orthodo'x ti,Mv,e months of mourn
ing for rkpayent had ntit, yclsuit.eka_pse4
it - eiv r Tresh tiirid of fine quality, and
the pale lilies of her :face were inter
spersed with delicate roses—whilst by
her side sat Mr. John Wilford, as happy
in look as if no such thing as perjurers,
forgers, or adverse verdicts existed, to
disturb the peace of the glad NA orld.
Altogether we were decidedly less inter
esting than on the former occasion.
Edward Wareing, I must not omit to
add, was, greatly to our surprise, pres
ent. He sat, in great apparent amity,
by the side of Thorndyke.
t was late in the afternoon, and twi
light was gradually 'stealing over the
dingy court, when the case was called.
The special jury answered to their
names, were duly sworn, and then near
ly the same preliminary speeches and
admissions were made and put ill as on
the previous occasion. Thomic, 1
the first witness called in support of the
pretended will, underwent a vigorous
cross-examination ; but I was unable
exact any thing of importance from him.
" And now," said the defendant's
leading counsel, " let me ask my learned
friend if he has succeeded in obtaining
the attendance of Elizabeth Wareimr''
I was or course obliged to confess that
we had been unable to find her; and
the judge remarked in that case he
could receive secondary - evidence in
proof of her attestation of the will.
A whispered but manifestly eager con
ference here took place between the de
fendant and his counsel, occasionally
joined in by Edward Wareing. There
appeared to be an indecision or hesita
tion in their deliberations; but :tt last
Mr. P--- rose, and with some ostenta
tion of manner addressed the court '
" Itt the discharge of my duty to the
defendant in this action, my lord, upon
whose lair fame intioh. undeserved oblo
quy has been east by the speeches of
the plaintiff's cminsel—speeches un
supported by a shadow or evidence
have to state that, anxious above all
things to stand perfectly justified before
his neighbors and society, he has, at
great trouble and expense, obtained the
presence here to-day of the witness,
Elizabeth Wareing,. tilw had gone to
reside in France with a respeetable
It family, in thesitn itiouof lioust
keeper. We shall now phaee her in the
witness-box, and, haying done so, I trust
we shall hear no more of the slanderous
imputations so freely lavished upon my
client. Coll ElizithetlC Wareing into
court."
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-i•s:itil
ioingintiiiintiughat he had 11,,
moiv questions to turned hastily to
leavc hox.
Illy NV ,, I . 1:111, " i•X
-(.l:iiint•il, yott zititl I ;oust
hitlet her helort• Nyti
Ihe :darted and looked kind , : tit iitt•
with frightful eat t utt it ittni it ii i t ;
her 1.1VII!Th
111..1'11.1 5 % N{ 110 V.lll
- -in his t . miniettaiwe -ho
NI (1,4' agitation anti-anx
iety which !narked her own. Sleel: Si
las, I could see, repented of the rash
more lu hall inade, :aid would have
given a great deal to get his witne-ts
safely anti quietly oul of court.
It hat; now hourly dark; and 01),C1W-
ing that it was necessary Chu court and
jury should it as weld as hear the w
ness, Under examination, F re
quested that lights should be brought
in. This wa: thole. Two candles were
placed in front or thy wito,-box, nne
on o f NIT-. Warei fll2 : a fi•W
others were tlist ,osed about the hench
:mil jury deskt , The effect or lids pso
thd lightin g or the gloomy old court ties
[hat the willies, stood out in strong' and
itri, , ht relief from the surrounding shad
\Vs, relldiVlllL! t h e minutest 'Mange or
Islay or her
mr. Thohotyk, Wa,, 110111 hi ,
thrt ,, . a,11111.1•IV 11110111t•Sil:1111%
:nut het WOOll him and
the rumlered
preparati,m, a, ii* litr -tome
extraordinary and , 41 . 111i1 ptirp“,e II)-
;_!ct her with the profound silence which
rvig in the court, told fearfully, as I
expected, upon the nerves of Mrs. Eliz
abeth Wareing. She seCrned already
:is it' about to swoon with agitation and
ill-defined alarm.
" Pray, madam, - said I, •• i you!
name Wareing or Tucker.'
She did nut answer, and I repeated
the question.
" 'rueker," -the at. last replied i
treinutl,ais wli kper,
"I thought ,o; and pray, Mrs. Tucker,
wcre you ever in trouble in London,
for robbing your lodgings?"
I thought she attempted to allsWt , r,
but no sound passed her lips. One of
the ushers of the court handed her a
glass of Water at my suggestion, and
she seented to recover somewhat. I
pressed my question, and at last she re
in the same low, agitateil voice,
" Ves, I have been."
I know you have; Ntr., Silas Thorn
dyke, I believe, was your bail on that
occasion, and the matter was, I under
stood, compromised—arranged—at all
events the prosecution Was not pressed.
Is 1101 lila( SW:"
" Very well: en ber answer will /.
You lived also, I believe, with Mr,
Thorndyke, his in , ,sel..e.y.er, of
course, when lie was in the busine-s as
a concoctor :old vendor of infallible
drugs and pills',"
Yes."
"He was held to be skillful in the
preparation of drugs, was he not—well
versed in their properties?"
" Yes-1 believe so—l do not know.—
IN'hy am I asked such questions?"
" You will know presently. And now,
woman, answer the question 1 am about
to put to you, as you will he compelled
to answer it to God at the last great day.
What was the nature of the drug which
you or he mixed with the medicine pre
cribed for the late Mrs. Thorrlyke?"
A spasmodic shriek, checked by a des
perate ettmt, partially escaped her, and
she stood tiNedly gazing, with starting
eyes, into my facts,
The pralotindest , lilenee reigned in
the court as I reiterated the question.
You must answer, woman• ; " said
the judge, sternly, "unless you know
pmr answer will criminate yourself."
The witness looked wildly round the
court as if in sefuzellof csitinsel_brzyxa
pAthy ; but encountering none but
frowning and eager faces—Thorndvke
she could not- discern in the darkness
she became giddy and panic-stricken,
and seemed to lose all presence of mind.
" He—be—he," she at last gasped, " he
mixed it. Ido not know— But how,"
she added, pushing back: her hair, and
pressing her hands against her hot tem
ples, "can this b , ,? What can it mean?"
A movement amongst the bystanders
just at this moment attracted the notice
of the judge, and he Immediately ex
claimed, The defendant tikast not leave
the court." Au officer plaid himself
beside the wretched murderer to well as
forger, and I resumed the cross-ezarni
nation of the witness.
"Now, Mrs. Tucker, please to look at
this letter. (It was that which had been
addressed to Mary Woodley by her son.)
That, I believe, is your son's handwrit
ing."
"Yes.
" The liody of this will has been writ
ten by the same hand. Now, woman,
answer, Was it your son—this young
man who, you perceive, if guilty, can
not escape from justice—was it he who
forged the names of the deceased Mrs.
Thorndyke, and of John Cummins, at
tached to it?"
"Not he—not lie!" shrieked the
wretched woman. "It was Thorndyke
—Thorndyke himself." And then,
with a sudden revulsion of feeling, as
the consequences of what she had ut
tensd flashed upon her, she exclainual,
"Oh, Silas, what have r said?—what
have 1 done'?"
Hanged Inc, that's all, you accursed
devil!" replied Thorodyke, with gloomy
feroeity. "But I deserve it for trusting
such an idiot doll and fool that i was
for doing so."
'Phe woman sank down in strong con
vulsions, and was, by direction of the
judge, carried out of the hall.
The anxious silence which pervaded
the court during this scene, in which
the reader will have_ observed I played
a bold, tentative and happily successful
game, was broken, as the witness was
borne off, by a loud murmur of indigna
tion, followed by congratulatory excla
mations On the fortunate termination of
the suit. The defendant's counsel threw
up their briefs, and a verdict was at
once returned for the plaintiff.
All the inculpated parties were speed
ily in custody; and the body of Mrs.
Thorndyke having been disinterred, it
was discovered that she had been de
stroyed by bh•bloride of mercury, of
which a considerable quantity was tit—
leered in the !Imly. 1 tta> nol present
at the trial of Thorndyke and his no
eompliees—he for murder, and II idluc
or perjury—but 1 saw by the public
prints that he was found guilty ;Ind ex
ecuted; kiettilley was transported ; the
Wollizlll was, if I remendter rightly, ad
mitted evidence for the Crown.
Mary Wood ley was of emu's° put into
immediate possession of her paternal
inheritance: and is now--at least she
was about four months ago, when I
dined with her and her husband at Dale
coniely, prosperous Matron:
and us happy as a woman with a numer
ous progeny, an easy-tempered partner,
can in this ;according to romance Wri
ter', vale of grief and tears, expeet Io
In.. The service I was fortunately en
abled to render her, forms one of the
most pleasing recollections of iny life.
THE TWO DEAF LADIES
I had an aunt who purposed visiting,
me for the first time since my marriage,
and I don't know what evil genius
prompted the wickedness wide]] I per
petrated towards my wife and ancient
relative.
" My dear," said I , to my wife the day
lainire lily aunt's arrival, " you know
aunt ABury is coming here to-morrow.
Well, I have forgoiton to mention a
rather annoping •in•tim , iianyv in regard
to her. She is very deaf, and, although
she can hear my voice, to which she is
aceustomed, in its ordinary tone, yet
you will be obliged to speak very loud
in order to be heard. It will be rather
inconvenient at firs', hilt I know you
will do everything that lies ill your
power to make her stay'agrecable,"
l then went to John Thornton, who
loves a joke as well as any person that
I know. toll him to he at my house by
six o'clock - on the following evening,
and I then felt comparatively happy.
I Went to the railroad depot with a
carriage the next night, and when on
my way home with my aunt, 1 said—
"My dear aunt, there is one rather
annoying infirmity that Anna my wife;
has, which I forgot to mention before.
She is very deaf: and though she call
hear my voice, to which she is 11(•1.115-
tomed, in its ordinary tones, yet you
will he obliged to speak extremely loud
to her in order to he heard. I am very
sorry that she is so."
Aunt INlary, in the extren g,nodm•ss
of her heart, protested that she rather
liked speaking. loud. and that to do
would give her great pleasuiv. I handed
Out my aunt, and sheitseended the steps.
" i ant delighted to see you," shrieked
my wife, who met us at the door.
The policeman on the opposite side Of
the street was startled, and my aunt
nearly tumbled down the steps.
tt Kiss me, my dear,': howled niy
aunt, and the hall lamp clattered, and
the windows shook as with ;toyer and
ague.
I looked at the window, but John
Thornton had disappeared. Human
nature could stand it no longer. I poked
my head into the carriage, and went in
to strong convulsionns of laughter.
When I went into the parlor my wife
was helping mint Mary to take off her
bonnet and mantilla; and there sat
John, with his long face of woe.
Did you have a pleasant journey'?"
suddenly went ott my wife like a pistol,
and John nearly jumped to his feet.
" Rather dusty," was the response, in
a war-whoop.
The conversation was long continued
fa this strain. The neighbors for squares
around must have heard it, for when I
was in the third stoic• i heard every
word.
In the course of the evening my aunt
took occasion to say to me—,
" How loud your wife speaks. Don't
it hurt her?'
I told her that all deaf persclos spoke
loud, and that my wife, being used to it,
was not affected by the exertion, and
that they were getting - along finely.
Presently my wife said, softl.
"Alfred, how loud your aunt talks."
" Yes,," said I, " all deaf people do.—
You get along well together. She hears
every word you say."
And I rather think she did.
Elated by their success at being un
derstood, they went at-it like hammer
and twigs, till everything on the mantel
piece fairly clattered, and I was seriously
afraid of a - Crowd collecting in front of
my house.
Butthe end was near. My aunt, being
of an investigating turn of ruind,..War
desirous of finding out whether the ex-
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ertion . of talking.sO loud was not injuri
ous to my wife.
" Doesn't talking so loud strain your
lungs?" said she, in an unearthly hoot,
for her voice was not as musical as it
was when she was young.
" It is an exertion," shrieked my wife.
"Then why do you do it ?" was the
answering scream.
" Because—because—you eun't hear
me if I don't " squalled my wife.
" What?"
My aunt fairly rivalled II railroad
whistle this time.
I began to think of evacuating the
premises, and looking around and see
ing that John was gone, I stepped into
the next room, and there he lay, flat on
his back, rolling from side to side, with
his fists poked into his ribs, and a most
agomting expression of countenance,
but not uttering a sound. Immediately
and involuntarily I assumed a similar
attitude, and I think, from the relative
position of our 1,,„t and heads, and our
attempt to restrain our laughter, apo
plexy must inevitably have ensued
if a horrible groan, in whl,l l John gave
vent in his endeavor to suppress his risi
bility, had not betrayed our hiding
place.
In rushed my wife and aunt, who by
this time comprehended the joke; and
Much a scolding as I got then I never got
before, and I hope never to get again.
I know not what the end might have
been if John, in his endeavors to appear
respectful and sympathetic, had not
given vent to :Itch a diabolical noise,
something between a groan and a lutist'
laugh, that all gravity was upset, and
We all screamed in concert.
THE FIGHT WITH THE A1,11i.1111
Additional Partleulap:---Landing tap
lain Semmes al Southampton.
A. letter to the London Tintf,i, ,latet
at : -4 outlianipton, England, .1 wit , 21
says:
"The English , team-yacht Deer
hound, belongli , to 'Ali . ..John Lancas
ter, of Hindley !1011, Wigan, Lanca
shire, arrived here last iiightaint:lantled
Captain ; - ;enittles , eolninant . ler of the
late Confederate steamer Alabama, t
thirteen (Anvers and INA ettly-six seattml,
who'll they ret,tlett froui drowning af
ter the action off l'herhourg yesterday,
which resulted in the tlestructiol) of the
world-renowned A lahatna. Front inter
view,s held this Morning With \lr. Lan
caster, with Captain Jones tmaster of
the I)ecrhountl.t anti will, of thr
1,1111lia'.• 61111111-
i i“11 .itiarters, I anl en
abled to 111111i -di yo)11 With sonic interest
ing particulars connected with the fight
between the .klalanint and the Islear-
" arriving at Cherbourg at In o'-
eloel: on Saturday night, by railway
from coven, Mt. Lant , .asier was inform
ed by the ealtlain or ht. nc hl , w hip] )
was lying in the harltor awaiting Lusa,
rival, that. it Was eelgaded that the AIa
[MILI and IN:ear:ilia', were going to light
eaell other in the morning. Mr. Lan
eteiter, whose wile, niece and family
P'et'e also on board his yaeht, at once
determined to go lilt in the morning
and see the eeinhal.
"The Alabama lets Cht•iltourg harbor
about ten o'clock on Sunday morning,
and the Kearsage was then several miles
out to seaward, With her steam up,
ready for action. The French plated
ship-of-war Couronne followed the Ala
bama out of the harbor, and stopped
when the vessels were a league Off the
coast, her object lit•ing to see that - there
was no violation of the law of nations
by any light taking place Within the
legal distance front land.
" One of the otlicers of the Alabama
names the hour of 11.111 as the e pin_
menceinent .11,112.4(1 as
the period of its cessation, making, its
duration au hour and a half; while the
time observed on board the Deerhound,
which is most likely to he aveurate,that
ves-el being free from the excitement
and confusion necessarily existing on
board the Alabama, limited the action
to an hour, the last shot being tired at
12.10. The distance het ween the two
contending vessels when the Alabama
opened lire was estimated on hoard the
Deerhound dr-about a mile, while the
Alabama's officers ; tells Inc t hat She \S'aS
a mile and a half away [nun the liett r
sage when she fired the first shot.
'he this as it Way, it is certain that
the Alaliama commenced the firing, and
as, it is known that her guns were point
ed for a range of two thousand yards,
and that the second shot she filed, in
about half a iniiitite after the first, went
right into the Kearsage, that may be
taken as the real distance hc‘tWeen the
two ships. The tiring became general
front both vessels at a distiince of a little
under a mile, and was well sustained on
both sides, Mr. Lancaster's impression
being that at no lime during the action
were they less than a quarter of a mile
from each other. :- 4 everal complete cir
cles were niude in the !,eriod over which
the light lasted.
" It was estimated on hoard the Deer
hound that the Ma banta fired in all
about one hundred and fifty ' , mind s ,
some single guns, and stem in broad
sides of three or four, and the Rearsage
about one hundred, the majority of
which were eleven-inch shells. The
Alabama's were principally Blakely's
pivot guns. In the early part of the
action the relative firing was about three
front the Alabama to one front the Rear
sage, but as it progressed the latter
gained the advantage, having apparent
ly a much ,greater power of steam. She
appeared to have an advantage over the
Alabama of about three knots an hour,
and steam was seen rushing out of her
blow-pipe all through the action. while
the Alabama seemed to have levy little
steafil
"At length the Alabama's rudder
was disabled lt:s- one of her opponent's
heavy shells, and they hoisted sails ;
but it was soon reported to Captain
Semmes by one of his officers that his
ship was sinking. With great bravery
the gulls were kept ported till the 'nuz
zles were, actually under water, and the
last shothom the doomed ship was fired
as she was settling down. When her
stern was completely under water Capt.
Semmes gave orders for the men to save
themselves as best they could, and every
one jumped into the sea and swam to
the boat which had put off to their res
cue. Those of them who were Wi.linded
were ordered by Captain Semmes to be
placed in the Alabama's boats and taken
on board thedilearsage, which was, as
far as possible, obeyed.
"Captain Semmes and those above
mentioned were saved in the Deer
hound's boats ; and when it was ascer
tained that the water was clear of every
one that had life left, and that no more
help could I.X:, rendered, the--yacht steam
ed away for Cowes, and thence to this
port.
" The"Hearsage, it is" nown, has for
acMie tit& ptiArbeen'iff'Thit - fitirsiiit: of
the Alabama, which vessel Captain ,
tat . 5011 1 '
Busnness .Airricnrissitissrrs,-1.11-a-gear _per
Sqr ire tcn lines; ten, mierit.incresui e for
fri stions ay-ear.
REAL ALPaot and Ors
EBAt ADVESTrallto;
Ilrat i a/ 4 4 : 01141 for,tewsubretrawn User.
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LEGAL AND Minn -•- • - •
Executors' notices • .. .................... 2.00
Administrators' notiees,... .......... -
Assignees' notices,
Anditors'notices, -1.57
Other "Notices," ten lines, or levy
three times,
Vie
Winslow • was• . determined• to 'fbilOW
everywhere till' he overtook his enemy;
.
Very recently she chased and•camitt 'up
with one of the vessels of the - Chinese
expeditionary force returning to - Eng..
land, and ran alongside with - her - guns
pointed and' crews at quartertrhefore she
could be convinced of her mistake; for
the expeditionary vessel was very - Much
like the celebrated Confederate' cruiser.
The Keaisage was then deaeribed'as
likely to prove a formidable eirernititch
for the Alabama, having higlier'etearn
power and rate of speed, a crew 'nearly
double' that under Captaix-E3Oltanes,
and, unlike her sister ship, the-LTUsca
rota, carrying ten, instead of eight, very
heavy eleven-inch shell guns, :the, so
called columbiads of the Anierlean
navy. The Alabama, on the contnity, is
stated to have had only two heavy-rifled
guns and six broadside thitV-two-poim
tiers.
" The crew of the Alabama comprised
in all about one hundred and fifty men
when she left Cherbourg. Of these ten
or twelve were killed during the action,
and a number were known to be drown
ed, the difference between these a.nd:the
number brought home by the Deer
hound being, it is hoped, saved by the
boats of the Kearsage, or some French
pilot-boats which were in the vicinity.
The b'reat'h War vessel Couronne did
not runic out beyond three miles. The
surgeon of the Alabama was an English
man , and, as nothing has been heard of
hint since he went below to dress the
wounds of some of the sufferers, it is
feared that he went down in the ship.
"'fife wounded men on board the
Deerhound were carefully attended to
until her arrival here,. when they were
taken to the Sailors' Home, in the Ca
nute road. Several of the men are more
or less scarred, but they are all about
the town to-day, and the only noticea
ble cast' is that of a man who was wound
ed in the groin, and that but slightly.
" ( 'apta in Semmes and his First Lieu
tenant, Mr. J. M. Kill, are staying at
Kelwar's Hotel, in Queen's Terrace,
where the gallant commander is under
the r are of Dr. Ware, a medical gentle
man of this town, his right hand being
slightly splintered by a shell.
" When the men Caine on board the
Deerhound they had nothing on but
their drawers and shirts, having been
stripped to fight, and one of the men,
with a sailor's devotedness, insisted on
seeing his Captain, who was then lying
in Mr. Lancaster's cabin in a very ex
hausted state, as he had been entrusted
In_ ( 'aptain Semmes with the ship's pa
pers, and to no one else would he giVe
them up. The men were all very anx
ious about their Captain, and were re
joiced to find that he had been saved.—
They appeared to be a set of first-rate
fellows, and to act well together in per
feet union under the most trying cir
ri.] instances.
" The Captain of the forecastle on
board the Mainline, a Norwegian, says
that when he was in the water he was
hailed by a boat from the Kearsage,
`Conte here, old man, and we'll-save
you ;' to which he replied, `lsreverniind
tae, I can keep up half an hour yet;
look after some who are nearer drown
ing than I am.' He then made away
for the Deerhound, thanking God that
he was under English colors.
"Throughout the action the Deer
hound kept about a mile to wind Ward
of the combatants, and was enabled to
witness the whole of it. The Kearsage
was burning Newcastle coals, and the
Alabama \\'clsh coals, the difference in
t he smoke ( the north country coal yield
ing so much more) enabling the move,
nwnts of each ship to be distinctly
[raved."
The Escape of Semmes
The Neu ' Southampton cor
rvspon den t says :
" Captain Semmes is at Ketwayrs
Hotel in Southampton, and the other
officers a ild men are about the town get
ting clothes and necessaries; they are
taken charge of at the Sailor's Howie
here. ('await' Semmes and Chief Offi
cer Lee went this afternoon to Eman
uel 's, the tailor in the High street, to
make purehases. The Captain's hand
was bandaged, owing to a wound he re
ved in action. The shop was crowded
with people, endeavoring to catch a
gliuip,e of the Confederate commander.
" Alessi's. Emanuel tapped several bot
tics of port and treated their customer,
his Lieutenant, and those who came to
see them, with much hospitality. Cap
tain Semmes anxiously asked what the
People of England thought of the-South;
said slavery existed there but in name,
and that the North and South would
never again he united. He said, more
over, that he had endeavored to do his
duty to his country. When he left the
shop a crowd had collected round - the
door, who made way for him and treat
ed him with much respect. He seemed
to be laboring under mental anguish,
and to feel most acutely the complete
defeat he had experienced, and the
death and sufferings which that defeat
had caused.
" Captain Semmes is a thin, wiry
built man, with a stern and determined
air. He is about fifty yeazs of age, with
a small, red, pointed face, and a heard
and mustache in the American style.
He bad on a very old navy officer's cap ?
and au English naval lieutenant%
jacket. He declined to see any strangers
at his hotel. His first lieutenant is a
tine-looking young man. In answer to
questions, Captain Semmes said he left
all the property he possessed, and up
words of sixty chronometers which he
had taken from captured Federal mer
chant men , in Cherbourg, previouS to
going out to fight the Kearsage.
" He says that he was completely de.;
ceived as to the strength and armament
of the Federal ship. What he, recol
lected of the Kearsage was, that she
was an ordinary sloop-of-war.'lf - he
had known that she was an iron-cladi
and much more heavily armed thariithe
Alabama, he would not have fought, BB
'
it was madness to do so. He said that
the fight between the Alabama and
Kearsage has taught another lessett in
naval warfare—that of the uselessness
of ordinary ships-of-war, like the. Ala
bama, encountering an iron-clad - a:3;0
heavily armed ship like the Kestsaite:
He does not know the extent'of damage
he did to the enemy's ship ; all he knows
is that he lost his own.
" It appears that Semmes and a num
ber of his officers and crew escaped frotil
the Alabama just as she was going &Ail
and that Mr. Lancaster, the :owner-of
the steam-yacht Deerhound, was defiir
eil by the conunander of the 4.eti*lpi
to save as many of the OA : leers and crewof the Confederate vessel as possible.
Captain Semmes was in the water half
an hour, and was nearly :exhausted
when picked up. It appears.becbegged
Mr. Lancaster to gettaway as.-fast as
possible, to prevent him:and those who -
were with him from being,talcmplisoii- •
ers, and the Deerhound,..biaing,
yacht, was enabled tbet , out"tif the
reach of the Federal man-oPktd.c ,
Lancaster deseribes_the.fight iii-&-inag
nificent sight. He
_saw-Juges ,right
through the . Alabama,..rtuidel;f:thePit •
mendous shotof tkie - Ke*Age."7
While -the , -Altantmst was si
Semmes dropped his sword intd
to prevent the possibility of its getting
into the hands of the Federal& • • .